A Defense of Joe Cowley
Remember back in 2002 when Gary Matthews Jr. was our 6th OF coming out of Spring Training? Well, a lot has changed.
I want to talk a lot more about this topic on Monday so I am going to spare you guys too much detail, but, basically, in short, baseball has up and gone wacko.
$330 mil for Soriano, Lee, Pierre and Gary Matthews.
I honestly don't know if any of these guys would crack the Mets top 4 hitters.
That's just me though, the same crazy guy that said Derek Jeter should be 7th in the AL MVP voting.
Apparently, claiming Jeter 7th was the worst thing to happen to America since the Jon Benet Ramsey saga.
Most things that most journalists write bother me. I find that only a tiny percentage of the media really knows they are talking about while the rest are simply out to attract readers.
But the fact that this dude from Chicago, Joe Cowley, is getting nationally scolded for putting 6th on his ballot is just about the worst thing that I have seen in sports media coverage.
Ladies and Gentleman. This is DEREK JETER.
This guy did not hit 100 home runs this year.
He did not hit .400.
He did not steal 150 bases.
He did not play on a team where he and only he was good enough to get the team a victory.
His team was not a 116-win team, instead, it stumbled for most of the season to make it atop the AL East.
Not a person in baseball views Jeter as the team's most talented player (A-Rod).
Not a person in baseball views Jeter as the Yankees most dangeroud hitter (Giambi, Sheffield, Matsui, A-Rod).
He was not the team's table setter (Damon).
I can continue the list.
I'm not saying Derek Jeter did not have a great season and I am certainly not saying that Derek Jeter is not a great player.
But there are a million reasons to vote this guy 6th on your MVP ballot. I have a million more to vote him 7th.
The players that were ahead of him were all marquee players. They all had tremendous seasons for top of the league teams.
It's not like Cowley just up and squeezed in Jake Taylor because they liked the way he called games.
So the fact that he has been nationally scolded for his voting is a travesty.
Fact is, Joe Cowley, without knowing anything about him, has jumped up towards the top of the list of my favorite journalists.
In a nation where Derek Jeter's cock floats somewhere near the mouths of half of baseball's writers, someone got up and just said "wait a minute, why?"
Baseball doesn't owe anything to Derek Jeter. He has been rewarded for his good service by being surrounded with all star talent for the last 10 years.
And so there is no reason why it is wrong to not think Jeter was an MVP.
That Vinny in the Bronx hates this dude from Chicago means nothing. Vinny is a moron.
If anyone really watched baseball, instead of watching their local team and rooting for their local market, they would know how many amazing players our game has. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau are awesome for baseball.
Frank Thomas' resurgence was an incredible story in baseball.
Johan Santana may be the most dominant pitcher of the new millennium.
And Big Papi may be the most likable player, well, ever.
I'm with Cowley. Jeter just doesn't belong in a list with these players. If his name wasn't Derek Jeter, NO ONE would be having this conversation.
But because he is Jeter and because he is a Yankee, we as fans are supposed to give him a little added love.
And that is just dumb.
In Cowley we trust.
VCD,
SIP
PS: We went an unimpressive 7-8-1 using the fade The Sports Guy model last week. I will take my chances again this week.
Unfortunately the two games I like, the Bengals and the Panthers, are ones he likes so I'll have to think harder about playing those.
But once again, replace the "over" with "will not cover against" and you should be in good shape:
RAVENS (-3) over Steelers
BILLS (+3) over Jags
Bengals (-3) over BROWNS
Cards (+6.5) over VIKES
Niners (+6) over RAMS
Saints (+3) over FALCONS
Panthers (-4.5) over REDSKINS
Raiders (+13) over CHARGERS
PATRIOTS (-3) over Bears
TITANS (+2) over Giants
Eagles (+9) over COLTS
SEAHAWKS (-9) over Packers
I want to talk a lot more about this topic on Monday so I am going to spare you guys too much detail, but, basically, in short, baseball has up and gone wacko.
$330 mil for Soriano, Lee, Pierre and Gary Matthews.
I honestly don't know if any of these guys would crack the Mets top 4 hitters.
That's just me though, the same crazy guy that said Derek Jeter should be 7th in the AL MVP voting.
Apparently, claiming Jeter 7th was the worst thing to happen to America since the Jon Benet Ramsey saga.
Most things that most journalists write bother me. I find that only a tiny percentage of the media really knows they are talking about while the rest are simply out to attract readers.
But the fact that this dude from Chicago, Joe Cowley, is getting nationally scolded for putting 6th on his ballot is just about the worst thing that I have seen in sports media coverage.
Ladies and Gentleman. This is DEREK JETER.
This guy did not hit 100 home runs this year.
He did not hit .400.
He did not steal 150 bases.
He did not play on a team where he and only he was good enough to get the team a victory.
His team was not a 116-win team, instead, it stumbled for most of the season to make it atop the AL East.
Not a person in baseball views Jeter as the team's most talented player (A-Rod).
Not a person in baseball views Jeter as the Yankees most dangeroud hitter (Giambi, Sheffield, Matsui, A-Rod).
He was not the team's table setter (Damon).
I can continue the list.
I'm not saying Derek Jeter did not have a great season and I am certainly not saying that Derek Jeter is not a great player.But there are a million reasons to vote this guy 6th on your MVP ballot. I have a million more to vote him 7th.
The players that were ahead of him were all marquee players. They all had tremendous seasons for top of the league teams.
It's not like Cowley just up and squeezed in Jake Taylor because they liked the way he called games.
So the fact that he has been nationally scolded for his voting is a travesty.
Fact is, Joe Cowley, without knowing anything about him, has jumped up towards the top of the list of my favorite journalists.
In a nation where Derek Jeter's cock floats somewhere near the mouths of half of baseball's writers, someone got up and just said "wait a minute, why?"
Baseball doesn't owe anything to Derek Jeter. He has been rewarded for his good service by being surrounded with all star talent for the last 10 years.
And so there is no reason why it is wrong to not think Jeter was an MVP.
That Vinny in the Bronx hates this dude from Chicago means nothing. Vinny is a moron.
If anyone really watched baseball, instead of watching their local team and rooting for their local market, they would know how many amazing players our game has. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau are awesome for baseball.
Frank Thomas' resurgence was an incredible story in baseball.
Johan Santana may be the most dominant pitcher of the new millennium.And Big Papi may be the most likable player, well, ever.
I'm with Cowley. Jeter just doesn't belong in a list with these players. If his name wasn't Derek Jeter, NO ONE would be having this conversation.
But because he is Jeter and because he is a Yankee, we as fans are supposed to give him a little added love.
And that is just dumb.
In Cowley we trust.
VCD,
SIP
PS: We went an unimpressive 7-8-1 using the fade The Sports Guy model last week. I will take my chances again this week.
Unfortunately the two games I like, the Bengals and the Panthers, are ones he likes so I'll have to think harder about playing those.
But once again, replace the "over" with "will not cover against" and you should be in good shape:
RAVENS (-3) over Steelers
BILLS (+3) over Jags
Bengals (-3) over BROWNS
Cards (+6.5) over VIKES
Niners (+6) over RAMS
Saints (+3) over FALCONS
Panthers (-4.5) over REDSKINS
Raiders (+13) over CHARGERS
PATRIOTS (-3) over Bears
TITANS (+2) over Giants
Eagles (+9) over COLTS
SEAHAWKS (-9) over Packers
posted by Sippy Momo at 1:05 PM
7 Comments:
Well, "Sippy" in case you missed it, Matsui and Sheffield barely played this season, A-Rod had a down season (for him) and the Yankees won the most games in the league. Jeter must have done something right.
And Cowley put Piersynski on his ballot and not Joe Mauer. He is beyond being defended.
Well, anon, in case you missed it, A-Rod even in his "down" season had 35 HRs and 121 RBIs, significantly better production than Mauer or anyone else on the Twins not named Morneau had. Jeter also had all-stars such as Giambi and Damon backing him up, not to mention an all-star bullpen and rotation pulling their weight. No matter how you slice it, there is so much more talent on the Yankees. Therefore, it's much harder to argue that Jeter's absence would have mattered as much as Morneau's from the Twins. Even if Crowley put Jeter second or third, Jeter still wouldn't have won the MVP, so this bashing of Crowley for Jeter's placement is just sour grapes.
Shut you mouth Yankees Haters. and bashers. Jeter's deserved The Mvp this year. He's the Mvp. Jeter's has been consistent all season long with Injuries The Yankees have all season long with Matsui and Sheff. Arod's continue to struggles at the plate and not able to hit in the clutch. Robinson Cano was out two months with Hamstring Injuries . Abreu was july 31 trade deadline acquisition.
Morneau who shouldn't win, and he''s not even the Mvp of His team..
I'm shocked Morneu win the Mvp over Jeter
Shut you mouth Yankees Haters. and bashers. Jeter's deserved The Mvp this year. He's the Mvp. Jeter's has been consistent all season long with Injuries The Yankees have all season long with Matsui and Sheff. Arod's continue to struggles at the plate and not able to hit in the clutch. Robinson Cano was out two months with Hamstring Injuries . Abreu was july 31 trade deadline acquisition.
Morneau who should win, and he''s not even the Mvp of His team..Voters and writers hate The Yankees especially Jeter, He deserved to win the Mvp.East Coast Bias, especially The Yankees.. , They spend too much money and all stars in every position.
Jeter's was supposed to win mvp this year because Yankees have more injuries in their lineup than twins does. I guess voters did not vote for Jeter, because they think jeter have more supporting cast and more hitters than Morneau Arod was inconsistent and unable to hit clutch situations all year long. Giambi was hurt with wrist.
With that logic - neither was Justin Morneau. He was on a team with three potential MVP's - and was clearly not the MVP of his own team.
Morneau did not hit .400
did not hit 100 home runs.
did not steal 150 bases.
He was first on his ballot.
Go figure.
Mauer and Santana had to be just as good - if not better - to get the team a vicotry.
Jeter was better with BA, Runs, and most importantly RISP. I'm not saying Jeter should have been MVP, but he definitely shouldn't have been sixth.
For the record (and as a twins fan), those who argue that Mauer was more valuable to the Twins than Morneau obviously didn't watch the twins regularly this season. While Mauer was incredibly vaulable, Morneau came up big in clutch situations again and again, there a bunch stats to back this up (i don't know them off-hand) for example, I think morneau led the league in two-out RBIs. Also, his numbers not including the two months when he and the twins both sucked were absolutley outrageous and mirror the twins great comeback. I'm not saying he didn't have a lot of talent around him (although definetly much less than in the yankees line-up) and I think it can be debated whether he was the league MVP (def not Jeter though), but all the twins players and knowledable fans agree that Morneau was surely the MVP of the Twins
I love the level of discourse from Yankee fans. "Shut you Mouth Yankee Haters". Nice comeback Potsie.
Dude, this is a Mets fan site. Of course he is not going to slurp for "Jetes".
Haha, the yankee fan's post is more incoherent rant than any real logic. Typical whiny Yankee fan.
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